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Olympic race walking champion Lashmanova could miss Olympicshttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/3450706-olympic-race-walking-champion-lashmanova-olympics.html
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian athletics federation says Olympic race walking champion Elena Lashmanova could miss the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro because she competed while serving a doping ban.
Lashmanova is serving a two-year suspension after testing positive for the banned substance GW1516. The ban is set to expire in February 2016, leaving Lashmanova fre...Tue, 31 Mar 2015 11:25:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/3450706-olympic-race-walking-champion-lashmanova-olympics.html2015-03-31T11:25:00ZIAAF appeals against Russian 'selective' sanctionshttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/3439180-iaaf-appeals-russian-selective-sanctions.html
MONACO (AP) — Track and field's governing body appealed Wednesday to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against the "selective" sanctions handed down by Russia in six doping cases.
Valery Borchin, Olga Kaniskina, Sergei Bakulin, Sergei Kirdyapkin, Vladimir Kanaykin and Yulia Zaripova were suspended in January because of anomalies in their biological passp...Wed, 25 Mar 2015 17:33:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/3439180-iaaf-appeals-russian-selective-sanctions.html2015-03-25T17:33:00ZDocumentary tells gripping story of Red Army hockey teamhttp://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/3399942-documentary-tells-gripping-story-red-army-hockey-team.html
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gabe Polsky wouldn't stop pestering him, so Slava Fetisov grudgingly promised 15 minutes to the American making a documentary about the Soviet Union as reflected through its dominant Red Army hockey team.
When the Hall of Fame defenseman finally met Polsky in Moscow, they ended up spending 18 hours together over three days, remembering ...Sat, 07 Mar 2015 00:47:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/3399942-documentary-tells-gripping-story-red-army-hockey-team.html2015-03-07T00:47:00ZBach: IOC ready to act in Russian Olympic doping casehttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/3338764-bach-ioc-ready-to-russian-olympic-doping-case.html
BEAVER CREEK, Colorado (AP) — The International Olympic Committee will examine Yulia Zaripova's doping case to determine whether the Russian athlete should be stripped of her gold medal in the 3,000-meter steeplechase from the 2012 London Games.
IOC President Thomas Bach told The Associated Press that the Olympic body is ready to "take all the necessary s...Wed, 04 Feb 2015 14:46:20 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/3338764-bach-ioc-ready-to-russian-olympic-doping-case.html2015-02-04T14:46:20ZRussia accuses basketball bosses of wasting moneyhttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/3335158-russia-accuses-basketball-bosses-wasting-money.html
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian state auditors have accused the country's basketball federation of wasting government money through "ineffective" management and the filing of illegal financial accounts.
The Russian men's national team won bronze at the 2012 London Olympics but failed to qualify for last year's World Cup amid financial problems in the Russian league...Mon, 02 Feb 2015 15:03:17 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/3335158-russia-accuses-basketball-bosses-wasting-money.html2015-02-02T15:03:17ZOlympic champ Zaripova faces losing gold in doping banhttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/3331156-olympic-champ-zaripova-faces-losing-gold-doping-ban.html
MOSCOW (AP) — In the latest of a slew of Russian doping cases, Yulia Zaripova faces being stripped of her gold medal in the 3,000 steeplechase from the 2012 London Olympics after being banned for a drug violation.
The Russian anti-doping agency banned Zaripova on Friday for two years and six months. The suspension was backdated from July 2013, which leave...Fri, 30 Jan 2015 17:21:42 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/3331156-olympic-champ-zaripova-faces-losing-gold-doping-ban.html2015-01-30T17:21:42Z2004 Olympic 800m champ Borzakovsky of Russia retireshttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/3323842-2004-olympic-800m-champ-borzakovsky-russia-retires.html
MOSCOW (AP) — Yuri Borzakovsky of Russia, the men's 800-meter champion at the 2004 Athens Olympics, has announced his retirement.
His last race will be on Sunday at the Russian Winter meeting in Moscow, which he calls "the passing of the baton from me to the younger generation," in comments reported by the Tass news agency. Borzakovsky was one of the worl...Tue, 27 Jan 2015 13:23:24 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/3323842-2004-olympic-800m-champ-borzakovsky-russia-retires.html2015-01-27T13:23:24ZOlympic steeplechase champ Zaripova faces doping banhttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/3318698-olympic-steeplechase-champ-zaripova-faces-doping-ban.html
MOSCOW (AP) — Olympic 3,000 meters steeplechase champion Yulia Zaripova faces a doping ban and the potential loss of several major titles in the latest scandal to hit Russian athletics.
Athletics' world governing body, the IAAF, told The Associated Press that Zaripova is under suspicion under biological passport rules, a means to track extreme blood value...Sat, 24 Jan 2015 08:44:53 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/3318698-olympic-steeplechase-champ-zaripova-faces-doping-ban.html2015-01-24T08:44:53ZRussia's top athletics coach resigns amid doping scandalshttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/3317534-russias-top-athletics-coach-resigns-amid-doping-scandals.html
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's top athletics coach resigned Friday amid a series of doping scandals in the country.
Valentin Maslakov, 70, had overseen the training of all Russian national team athletes since 2007 as part of a coaching career spanning more than 40 years. The head of the Russian athletics federation, Valentin Balakhnichev, told the R-Sport agency ...Fri, 23 Jan 2015 16:00:42 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/3317534-russias-top-athletics-coach-resigns-amid-doping-scandals.html2015-01-23T16:00:42ZAustralian athlete chases Olympic gold amid doping scandalhttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/3313494-australian-athlete-chases-olympic-gold-amid-doping-scandal.html
MOSCOW (AP) — Jared Tallent says he "definitely" considers himself the true Olympic race-walking champion. Now he just needs the gold medal to prove it.
The Australian finished second in the 50-kilometer walk at the 2012 London Olympics behind Sergei Kirdyapkin, who was one of five Russian walkers banned Tuesday for doping. Kirdyapkin had most of his resu...Wed, 21 Jan 2015 13:53:43 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/3313494-australian-athlete-chases-olympic-gold-amid-doping-scandal.html2015-01-21T13:53:43ZAustralian race walker condemns ban on Russian rivalhttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/3313108-australian-race-walker-condemns-ban-russian-rival.html
SYDNEY (AP) — Australian Olympic walk silver medalist Jared Tallent has condemned a doping ban which will allow Russian rival Sergey Kirdyapkin to keep the gold medal he won at the London Olympics and defend it at Rio de Janiero next year.
The Russian Anti Doping Agency (RUSADA) has banned Kirdyapkin for three years, two months for doping offences. But th...Wed, 21 Jan 2015 07:51:57 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/3313108-australian-race-walker-condemns-ban-russian-rival.html2015-01-21T07:51:57ZAfter crash, Hanyu aims to repeat Grand Prix goldhttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/3252750-crash-hanyu-aims-to-repeat-grand-prix-gold.html
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Olympic and world champion Yuzuru Hanyu defends the Grand Prix Final title hoping to recover his winning form after a scary on-ice accident.
Hanyu won last year's final at home in Japan. He then started the year by winning the Sochi Games in February, and a month later the world title, to become the first man to do the Olympic-worl...Wed, 10 Dec 2014 17:01:20 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/3252750-crash-hanyu-aims-to-repeat-grand-prix-gold.html2014-12-10T17:01:20ZIOC passes votes on bidding, sports and TV channelhttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/3248554-ioc-passes-votes-bidding-sports-tv-channel.html
MONACO (AP) — Thomas Bach never thought it would be this easy.
In rapid fashion and without a single vote against or even an abstention, the International Olympic Committee on Monday overwhelmingly approved its president's 40-point reform package — the biggest shake-up of the organization in decades.
"Even in my wildest dreams I would ...Mon, 08 Dec 2014 19:49:05 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/3248554-ioc-passes-votes-bidding-sports-tv-channel.html2014-12-08T19:49:05ZColumn: Russia is athletics' Lance Armstrong casehttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/3244688-column-russia-athletics-lance-armstrong-case.html
What should be a cherished, career-best memory for Netherlands runner Yvonne Hak — winning a silver medal at the 2010 European Championships — now just feels "strange and frustrating."
That's because of the expose broadcast on German television this week that appears to have blown a lid off systematic doping and corruption in Russian sports. The ARD docum...Fri, 05 Dec 2014 17:52:03 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/3244688-column-russia-athletics-lance-armstrong-case.html2014-12-05T17:52:03ZBach: IOC to act if Russia doping allegations truehttp://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/3242582-bach-ioc-to-russia-doping-allegations-true.html
MONACO (AP) — The IOC is prepared to take action against any Russian Olympic athletes or officials involved in doping if allegations of systematic cheating and corruption in the country are proven to be true, IOC President Thomas Bach said Thursday.
Bach met with World Anti-Doping Agency President Craig Reedie to discuss the allegations of Russian doping ...Thu, 04 Dec 2014 20:48:50 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/3242582-bach-ioc-to-russia-doping-allegations-true.html2014-12-04T20:48:50ZSoviet hockey coach Tikhonov dies at 84http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/3225122-soviet-hockey-coach-tikhonov-dies-84.html
MOSCOW (AP) — Viktor Tikhonov, the Soviet hockey coach whose teams won three Olympic gold medals but fell to the United States in the "Miracle on Ice," died after a long illness. He was 84.
Russia's Kontinental Hockey League said early Monday that Tikhonov died during the night. He had been receiving treatment at home for an undisclosed illness that had l...Mon, 24 Nov 2014 20:29:04 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/3225122-soviet-hockey-coach-tikhonov-dies-84.html2014-11-24T20:29:04ZMachida, Wagner look to clinch spots for GP Finalhttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/3219332-machida-wagner-to-clinch-spots-gp-final.html
BORDEAUX, France (AP) — World championships runner-up Tatsuki Machida of Japan and Ashley Wagner of the United States hope to clinch spots for the Grand Prix Final when they compete at the Trophee Bompard, which starts Friday.
Machida won Skate America last month in Chicago and will face his main competition from Olympic bronze medallist Denis Ten of Kaza...Thu, 20 Nov 2014 16:52:02 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/3219332-machida-wagner-to-clinch-spots-gp-final.html2014-11-20T16:52:02ZRecords broken as weightlifting champs endhttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/3211946-records-broken-weightlifting-champs.html
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's Tatyana Kashirina smashed three world records and North Korea celebrated unprecedented success as the world weightlifting championships ended Sunday.
Kashirina secured her third world title Sunday, adding a full 14 kilograms to her own overall world record in the women's over-75kg category, setting a new benchmark of 348kg. Kashirin...Sun, 16 Nov 2014 17:57:42 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/3211946-records-broken-weightlifting-champs.html2014-11-16T17:57:42ZRussian teen Lipnitskaia struggling with pressurehttp://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/3202690-russian-teen-lipnitskaia-struggling-with-pressure.html
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian figure skater Julia Lipnitskaia's rapid rise to fame at the Sochi Olympics has turned her life into "constant stress."
Lipnitskaia won Olympic team gold with Russia in February when she was only 15, becoming the youngest figure skating gold medalist in 78 years and earning personal praise from Russian President Vladimir Putin.
...Tue, 11 Nov 2014 15:14:47 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/3202690-russian-teen-lipnitskaia-struggling-with-pressure.html2014-11-11T15:14:47ZOlympic skating champ Sotnikova out of Grand Prixhttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/3199968-olympic-skating-champ-sotnikova-grand-prix.html
MOSCOW (AP) — Olympic women's figure skating champion Adelina Sotnikova will miss the season's remaining Grand Prix events with an ankle ligament tear.
Sotnikova's leg is in plaster following a training injury Thursday and she will no longer be able to compete in the NHK Trophy in Japan, a Grand Prix event, later this month. She has also withdrawn from ne...Sun, 09 Nov 2014 21:17:52 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/3199968-olympic-skating-champ-sotnikova-grand-prix.html2014-11-09T21:17:52ZIOC contacts Russian over Williams sisters remarkshttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/3176256-ioc-contacts-russian-williams-sisters-remarks.html
LONDON (AP) — The IOC ethics commission has contacted Russian tennis president Shamil Tarpischev to explain his comments about Venus and Serena Williams that led to him being fined and suspended by the women's tour.
Tarpischev was fined $25,000 and suspended from the WTA Tour for a year after referring to the Williams sisters as the "Williams brothers" an...Mon, 27 Oct 2014 14:33:02 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/3176256-ioc-contacts-russian-williams-sisters-remarks.html2014-10-27T14:33:02ZRussian Olympic bobsled champ Zubkov retireshttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/3166710-russian-olympic-bobsled-champ-zubkov-retires.html
MOSCOW (AP) — Two-time Olympic gold medal-winning Russian bobsledder Alexander Zubkov has announced his retirement at the age of 40.
Zubkov piloted the Russian two-man and four-man sleds to victory at February's Winter Olympics in Sochi. He also carried the Russian flag at the opening ceremony. Zubkov won silver in the four-man bob at the 2006 Turin Olymp...Wed, 22 Oct 2014 13:04:43 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/3166710-russian-olympic-bobsled-champ-zubkov-retires.html2014-10-22T13:04:43ZUS and Australia set to renew rivalryhttp://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/3133666-us-australia-set-to-renew-rivalry.html
ISTANBUL (AP) — For the past 14 years, Australia has been the consistent challenger to the United States at the world championships and Olympics.
The two women's basketball powerhouses will renew their rivalry on Saturday night when they face off in the semifinals of the worlds. "Obviously the U.S. and Australia have a history," U.S. coach Geno Auriemma s...Sat, 04 Oct 2014 07:59:31 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/3133666-us-australia-set-to-renew-rivalry.html2014-10-04T07:59:31Z